Police: 2 kidnapped outside gym, robbed

Omaha police say two people were kidnapped after a late-night workout and forced to withdraw money from an ATM.

Officers were called to the parking lot of Blue Moon Fitness near 108th Street and West Maple Road for a report of a robbery around 11 p.m. Tuesday.

The victims -- ages 24 and 19 -- told officers that they were heading back to their car after working out when two black men approached them with a gun.

The victims said they were forced to drive to a bank about two miles away and withdraw money from an ATM.

The robbers left the area with an undetermined amount of money.

Officers said they located a possible suspect vehicle nearly two hours later near 30th Street and Ames Avenue. Three people were taken to police headquarters for questioning and subsequently booked into Douglas County Corrections.

Jerrod Norals, 21, and Deanthony Smith, 18, face charges of robbery, kidnapping and terroristic threats. Smith faces additional counts of possession of a gun by a prohibited person, use of a gun to commit a felony, possession of a controlled substance and possession of stolen firearm.

A 16-year-old boy was booked into the Douglas County Youth Center on counts of robbery, terroristic threats, kidnapping and possession of a stolen firearm in connection with the case.

KETV NewsWatch 7's I-Team investigated the noticeable high concentration of robberies near 108th and Maple streets. The Omaha Police Department's Crime Mapping data proves there are more robberies in that particular intersection than any other west of 90th Street.

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